Automobile-headlight



W. M. HORTON.

AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.2,,I9I6.

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Application filed November 3, 1916.

To all 10 ho'm it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM ltpl llnK'lON, a citizen of the United.States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of (hiyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Headlights, of which the following; is a specification.

This invention relates to headlights, more particularly however, to thatclass of: head light adapted for use on motor vehicles, such forinstance as autmnohiles, the object (it the invention. being: toprovide. a very simple and elficient headlight, inexpensive tomanufacture and in the use of whicl'i the rellector may be readily andquickly tilted into various angular positions by a very simple opcratingmeans, wherehy the reflector can he shifted to throw the lightupwardly or downwardly or in a horizontal. position, as occasionrequires.

ls is well known, the average headlight now in use is dangerous byreason of the glare thereof, and various devices ha to been. used Withmore or less success for the purpose of preventing this glare.

The object of the present invention however, is to utilize the ordinaryreflector itselt of the headli ht, to do away with the glare and thusobviate the necessity of using: independent devices, such as deflectorsandv shades and masks, etc, and to do this hy providing a very simplemeans for supporh ing' and shifting the reflector.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,Figure 3. is a side view of a portion of a motor vehicle, the hood ofwhich is shown broken away; Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate sectional and topviews of the lever operating means herein after referred to; Fig. 4 is atop view illustrating the present improvement applied to a pair oi.headlights; Fi 5 is an enlaroed vertical sectional view talien in line5-b of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is also a vertical sectional view of a portion ofa headlight illustrating the present improvement, this view however,showing the operating means attachml directly to the reflector; Fin". 7is a hori zontal s ction of a portion of the in'iproved headlight shownin Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 is a vertical. cro. 'sectional viev: of one ottheimproved headlights i ELECTRIC UQMPANY, 03E ELEVELAND, G a.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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- i .,.ihlc in such uiauloo oi." movable tained against movement bysecuring it in any desired Way, by means of clamps or sleeves 13, or anyother desired fastening means, To the end of the wire cable is securedsuitable means for man1pulat1ng,-1n

other Words for sliding,it relatively to its casing. In the presentimprovement this means consists of a lever 14 having a grooved hub 15pivotally connected in the form shown, to a base plate 16, which isprovided w th a suitable guide 17 for the Wire, and to which guide oneend of the wire casing 12 is secured, 'While the Wire 11 passes throughthe guide and is attached to the hub for movement therewith. This baseplate 16 may be secured at any desired point within the vehicle, but isshown secured to the spider of the steering wheel. On top of the hub islocated a flat washer 18 and a spring Washer held in place by a cap 20,whereby the lever is maintained in any of its shifted positions. Whenthe lever is shifted the Wire will be shifted relatively to the casing,thereby to shift and hold the tilting refiector in any desired position.

By means of the flexible cable it will be observed that it can bearranged in any desired position as, for instance, coiled around thesteering column, while at the same time the use of universal joints andother flexible connections are entirely avoided, thus providing a verysimple and inexpensive oper ating means for the reflector.

Of course it will be understood that the various details may be more orless modified 1 by a two-part rod, *ach part of which in the. I

present form of the. improvement constitutes one pivot of a reflector,and this rod is lo' cated near the front of the refle 'tor, and by meansof this connecting red one reflector is operated from or through theother. to which latter the flexible cable is directly connected as shownherein at a point substantially midway between the pivotal connectionsof the reflector with the casin".

I claim as my invention:

The combination oi a pair of headlights. each comprising a casin; and areflector, a reinforcing member secured to each reflector and shiitablyconnected to the casing, a connection between said reinforcing memberswhereby both reflectors will move in unison in a vertical plane whcrclrvthe re ficctors may be shifted do\\n\vardl to we vent. the glare oi the.light without cutting oil the rays thereof, and means for shilling saidreflectors and comprising a casing-inclosed sliding member connectedwith one oi said reinforcing members.

Signed at #1822 Park llow Building. in

the city, county and State of New York, this 1st day of November, 1916.WILLIAM M. HORTON.

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